Monoclonal gammopathy (IgA: lambda) after autologous T-cell-depleted bone marrow transplantation in a patient with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

Ann Hematol. 1993 Sep;67(3):135-7. doi: 10.1007/BF01701738.

Abstract

We report a case study of a patient suffering from T-lymphoblastic lymphoma, for whom autologous T-cell-depleted bone marrow transplantation was carried out. Low-dose cyclosporin A (CsA) was administered just after autologous bone marrow transplantation (ABMT) for induction of autologous graft-versus-host disease. Three months later, the lymphoma relapsed with marked monoclonal gammopathy of the immunoglobulin A type, which had not been seen before ABMT. It is suggested that the regrowth of the lymphoma cells was related to the maturation of B cells or the secretion of immunoglobulins from plasma cells, associated with some cytokines produced under the condition of an abnormal immunological circumstance after ABMT plus CsA.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Bone Marrow Transplantation / methods
  • Humans
  • Lymphocyte Depletion
  • Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / complications*
  • Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / surgery
  • Male
  • Paraproteinemias / complications*
  • T-Lymphocytes